Scientific Journal of Impact Factor (SJIF): 3.134
E-ISSN (O): 2348-4470 P-ISSN (P): 2348-6406
International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development Volume 2,Issue 12,December -2015
Grey Relational Analysis Based Optimization of Process Parameters for Ultrasonic Slitting of Glass A. B. Pandey1, H. C. Jakharia2, R. S. Agarwal3, B. R. Dave4 1,3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. 2 Government Polytechnic, Rajkot 4 Mechanical Engineering Department, KJIT, Savli, Vadodara
Abstract —Ultrasonic machining is extremely popular for machining of brittle materials like glass, ceramics etc. Various optical and other applications require slitting of glass. In this work, a full factorial experiment is designed to study the effect of process parameters on ultrasonic slitting of glass. The control parameters selected include amplitude, pressure and thickness of the glass sheet being machined. Three levels of each of these parameters are selected giving 33 = 27 trials. The material removal rate (MRR), overcut (OC) and taper produced on the glass while slitting are measured as response parameters. Ultrasonic machining is a complex process to control and get desired machining results. Grey relational analysis is applied to the experimental output data in order to determine the best combination of input parameters for different cutting requirements like roughing, semi-finishing and finishing. Parameter combinations are graded using grey relational analysis (GRA) process and the optimum combination is suggested for various requirements of machiningin terms of roughing, semi-finishing and finishing. Keywords-Ultrasonic Slitting, Optimization, Grey Relational Analysis I. INTRODUCTION Traditional ceramics and glasses are extensively used to manufacture many products. Advanced ceramics have been widely adopted as functional as well as structural engineering materials [1]. Ultrasonic machining offers a solution to the expanding need for machining brittle materials such as single crystals, glasses and polycrystalline ceramics, and for increasing complex operations to provide intricate shapes and workpiece profiles. This machining process is non-thermal, non-chemical, creates no change in the microstructure, chemical or physical properties of the workpiece and offers virtually stress-free machined surfaces. It is therefore used extensively in machining hard and brittle materials that are difficult to cut by other conventional methods [2]. Generation of slits in glass is required in variety of applications like optical microscopes, measurement optics etc. In order to produce these components, ultrasonic machining is a viable alternative. For machining to required dimensions, the setting of process parameters to appropriate value is extremely necessary. Since, optimizing multiple output qualities of a process requires the calculation of a grey relational analysis (GRA) is used to integrate and optimize the multiple output qualities of a process [3–5]. Many papers have presented the effective method and proven its usefulness in various applications [6-8]. In this paper, the experimental data as an outcome of experiments on producing slits using ultrasonic process on common glass is analyzed using grey relational analysis to find the optimum process parameters. II. ULTRASONIC SLITTING EXPERIMENTS A full factorial design of experiment with replication is used with three control factors – amplitude, pressure and thickness of the glass sheet. The values selected for the low, medium and high level for each of the control parameters is mentioned in Table 1. The amplitude is varied in terms of percentage of amplitude delivered at full power by the converter. Table 1. Parameters and their Levels Amplitude A1 = 70% A2 = 80% A3 = 90%
Pressure P1 = 0.5 bar P2 = 2 bar P3 = 3.5 bar
Glass Thickness t1 =1.23 mm t2 =2.16 mm t3 = 3.12 mm
Material removal rate (MRR), overcut (OC) and taper generated during slitting are taken as response parameters representing process behaviour. Taper cylindrical sonotrode is designed and manufactured as amplitude of propagated sound wave is inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area in solids. The shape of the tool is designed integral at the end of the sonotrode. Sonotrode with and approximate gain of 3 is designed using CARD (Computer Aided Resonator Design) software. The cross-section of the tool and the amplitude variation along length is shown in Figure 1. The manufacturing drawing produced based on this design is shown in Figure 2. @IJAERD-2015, All rights Reserved
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